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Registered charity · Bristol

The West of England Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Limited

The West of England Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Limited is a registered charity (number 801155) based in Bristol, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Geoffrey Trevor Mayell since 2022. Latest income £538k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The MS Therapy Centre (Bristol) (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £538k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City and more
Website
www.thebrightwell.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The West of England M.S. Therapy Centre Limited
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£538k£520k
  • 2024£525k£529k
  • 2023£551k£535k
Earlier years
  • 2022£494k£476k
  • 2021£368k£298k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER CHRONIC SYMPTOMS AND CONDITIONS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS INCLUDING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:-A) BY BRINGING TOGETHER PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND PERSONS INTERESTED IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;B) BY PROVIDING ADVICE GUIDANCE AND MORAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;C) BY PROVIDING ANY TREATMENT APPROVED BY THE MEMBERS AND ADMINISTERED BY APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS.

Grants received

11 grants · £286,018 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

2.6y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 22Other services 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£525k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

16 from 14 in 2023
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
801155
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/11/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/08/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/08/2013
Companies House
Company number 02312916 · Active
Contact on the register
01454201686 · hello@thebrightwell.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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